Nine Old Men

proper noun

A group of nine men who worked as core animators at Disney: Les Clark, Marc Davis, Ollie Johnston, Milt Kahl, Ward Kimball, Eric Larson, John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman and Frank Thomas.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalA group of nine men who worked as core animators at Disney: Les Clark, Marc Davis, Ollie Johnston, Milt Kahl, Ward Kimball, Eric Larson, John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman and Frank Thomas.
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